Medical Tourism: A Cost or Benefit to the NHS?

Johanna Hanefeld; Daniel Horsfall; Neil Lunt; Richard Smith

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070406

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Medical Tourism: A Cost or Benefit to the NHS?

Johanna Hanefeld ,

* E-mail: Johanna.Hanefeld@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliation Department Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Daniel Horsfall,

Affiliation Department of Social Work and Social Policy, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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Neil Lunt,

Affiliation Department of Social Work and Social Policy, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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Richard Smith

Affiliation Faculty of Public Health & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Medical Tourism: A Cost or Benefit to the NHS?

Johanna Hanefeld,
Daniel Horsfall,
Neil Lunt,
Richard Smith

Published: October 24, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070406

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